Data sheet is a very powerful quad-core CPU based module with dual band concurrent radio supporting 802.11ac Wave 2 technology is based on an IPQ4018 SoC from Qualcomm, which is extremely powerful quad core 700MHz CPU Cortex A7 CPU with NEON (high-performance media engine), ideal for routers, gateways and access points. It is a surface mountable, dual-sided, Wi-Fi enabled Linux module. It comes with a high-power (23 dbm per chain) dual-band concurrent radio supporting 802.11ac Wave2 technology (2x2 MiMo) reaching 1.167 Gbps data rate. USB 3.0, USB 2.0, I2C, I2S, UART, GPIO are the interfaces available on the module together with two Gigabit Ethernet ports. SoC has hardware NAT engine and high-end security features like crypto engine, secure boot and others. OpenWRT linux distribution source code is available on GitHub https://github.com/8devices and is supported by our growing community on http://www.8devices.com/community forum. Quick specs 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wave 2, 2.4 and 5 GHz, 2x2 MIMO, 300 and 867 Mbps data rate, 23 dbm per chain output power U.FL connectors for external an tenna 128 MB NAND and 8 MB NOR FLASH, 256 MB DDR3 RAM Linux friendly, OpenWRT flash image and source code are available for download on www.8devices.com/wiki_jalapeno CPU IPQ 4018 (700 MHz quad core Cortex A7) 23 dbm per chain output power dual-band concurrent radio with dedicated Tensilica CPU and 802.11ac Wave 2 support 32 by 47 mm size Surface mountable, dual-side design Available interfaces - USB 2.0, USB 3.0, I2C, I2S, TDM, SPI, UART, GPIO, JTAG and 2 x 1000 Base-T Ethernet ports
Block diagram +3.3V USB 3.0 USB 2.0 I2C I2S JALAPENO MODULE TDM SPI UART FRONT END RF ANT 0 GPIO JTAG DDR3 256MB MEMORY IPQ4018 SOC FRONT END DIPLEXER NAND 128MB MEMORY FRONT END RF ANT 1 NOR 8MB MEMORY FRONT END DIPLEXER 1000 Base-T ETH0 1000 Base-T ETH1 AR8072 ETHERNET PHY Module dimensions 2
Radio characteristics 2.4 GHz (20 MHz) Data rate (Mbps) 14.4 28.9 43.3 57.8 86.7 115.6 130.3 144.4 173.3 Sensitivity (dbm) -93-90 -88-85 80-76 -74-72 -68 Output power (dbm) 22 20 19 19 18 18 18 17 17 2.4 GHz (40 MHz) Data rate (Mbps) 30 60 90 120 180 240 270 300 360 400 Sensitivity (dbm) -90-88 -85-82 -77-73 -73-70 -66-64 Output power (dbm) 21 19 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 5 GHz (20 MHz) Data rate (Mbps) 14.4 28.9 43.3 57.8 86.7 115.6 130.3 144.4 173.3 Sensitivity (dbm) -92-89 -86-83 -80-76 -74-73 -68 Output power (dbm) 22 20 19 19 18 18 18 17 17 5 GHz (40 MHz) Data rate (Mbps) 30 60 90 120 180 240 270 300 360 400 Sensitivity (dbm) -89-86 -84-81 -78-73 -72-70 -66-67 Output power (dbm) 21 19 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 5 GHz (80 MHz) Data rate (Mbps) 65 130 195 260 390 520 585 650 780 866.7 Sensitivity (dbm) -86-83 -80-77 -74-70 -69-67 -63-61 Output power (dbm) 21 19 18 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 Power consumption Scenario Voltage, V Current, A Power, W Idle without beacons 5 0.41 2.05 Idle with beacons 5 0.68 3.4 MCS0 HT20 5 2.55 12.75 MCS9 VHT80/HT40 (Highest rates) 5 1.78 8.9 Operating conditions The module can operate in a wide temperature range and different conditions depending on the enclosure. The following guidelines guarantee that it will work correctly. Parameter Units Min Max Working environment C 0 55 Storage environment C -40 70 Humidity %RH 10 90 Storage humidity %RH 5 90 Heatsink size recommendations It is essetial to use heatsink for the hardware designs based on module. Heatsink should be able to dissipate 7W and the recommended area is 175 cm 2. It should be directly attached to the bottom side of module. 3
Module pinout 1 ETH1_TRX0+ 2 ETH1_TRX0-3 ETH1_TRX1+ 4 ETH1_TRX1-5 ETH1_TRX2+ 6 ETH1_TRX2-7 ETH1_TRX3+ 8 ETH1_TRX3-9 10 USB2_DM 11 USB2_DP 12 13 USB3_SS_TX+ 14 USB3_SS_TX- 15 16 USB3_SS_RX+ 17 USB3_SS_RX- 18 19 USB3_HS_DM 20 USB3_HS_DP 21 22 3.3V 23 GPIO_58 24 70 ETH0_TRX3- GPIO_59 25 69 ETH0_TRX3+ UART_RX/ GPIO_60 26 68 ETH0_TRX2- UART_TX/ GPIO_61 27 67 ETH0_TRX2+ 28 66 ETH0_TRX1-65 ETH0_TRX1+ 64 ETH0_TRX0-29 63 ETH0_TRX0+ 30 62 ETH1_1000_LED 31 61 ETH0_1000_LED 32 60 ETH1_100_LED 33 59 ETH0_100_LED 34 58 35 57 3.3V 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 N.C. N.C. 3.3V N.C. RESET JTAG_TRST/ GPIO_5 JTAG_RST/ GPIO_4 JTAG_TDO/ GPIO_3 JTAG_TMS JTAG_TDI/ GPIO_0 JTAG_TCK/ GPIO_1 3.3V 4
Pin Name GPIO function select Configurable function Voltage (V) Type Description 1 - - - - Ground connection 2 ETH1_TRX0+ - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output positive 3 ETH1_TRX0- - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output negative 4 ETH1_TRX1+ - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output positive 5 ETH1_TRX1- - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output negative 6 ETH1_TRX2+ - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output positive 7 ETH1_TRX2- - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output negative 8 ETH1_TRX3+ - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output positive 9 ETH1_TRX3- - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output negative 10 - - - - Ground connection 11 USB2_DM - - - AI, AO USB 2.0 data negative 12 USB2_DP - - - AI, AO USB 2.0 data positive 13 - - - - Ground connection 14 USB3_SS_TX+ - - - AO USB 3.0 SuperSpeed transmitter positive 15 USB3_SS_TX- - - - AO USB 3.0 SuperSpeed transmitter negative 16 - - - - Ground connection 17 USB3_SS_RX+ - - - AI USB 3.0 SuperSpeed receiver positive 18 USB3_SS_RX- - - - AI USB 3.0 SuperSpeed receiver negative 19 - - - - Ground connection 20 USB3_HS_DM - - - AI, AO USB 2.0 data negative 21 USB3_HS_DP - - - AI, AO USB 2.0 data positive 22 - - - - Ground connection 23 3.3V - - - PI 3.3V power supply 24 GPIO58 0 GPIO 3.3 - - 2 LED[2] 3.3 O - 3 blsp_i2c0_sck(2) 3.3 IO I2C serial clock 5 smart_ant6 3.3 IO - 25 GPIO59 0 GPIO 3.3 - - 2 blsp_i2c0_sda(2) 3.3 IO I2C serial data 4 smart_ant7 3.3 IO - 26 UART_RX/GPIO60 0 GPIO 3.3 - - 2 blsp_uart0_rxd(1) 3.3 I UART RX 4 smart_ant4 3.3 IO - 5 LED[0] 3.3 O - 6 audio_txbclk 3.3 IO Audio transmit bit block 7 audio_rxbclk 3.3 IO Audio receive bit block 27 UART_TX/GPIO61 0 GPIO 3.3 - - 2 blsp_uart0_txd 3.3 O UART TX 4 smart_ant5 3.3 IO - 5 audio_txfsync 3.3 IO Audio transmit frame sync 6 audio_rxfsync 3.3 IO Audio receiver frame sync 7 LED[1] 3.3 O - boot_config(14) 3.3 I - 5
Pin Name GPIO function select Configurable function Voltage (V) Type Description 28 - - - - Ground connection 29 - - - - Ground connection 30 - - - - Ground connection 31 - - - - Ground connection 32 - - - - Ground connection 33 - - - - Ground connection 34 - - - - Ground connection 35 - - - - Ground connection 36 3.3V - - - PI 3.3V power supply 37 - - - - Ground connection 38 JTAG_TCK/GPIO1 0 GPIO 3.3 - - 1 JTAG_TCK 3.3 I JTAG test clock 39 JTAG_TDI/GPIO0 0 GPIO 3.3 - - 1 JTAG_TDI 3.3 I JTAG test data in 40 JTAG_TMS 0 GPIO 3.3 - - 1 JTAG_TMS 3.3 I JTAG test mode state 41 - - - - Ground connection 42 JTAG_TDO/GPIO3 0 GPIO 3.3 - - 1 JTAG_TDO 3.3 O JTAG test data out - boot_config(0) 3.3 I - 43 JTAG_RST_N/GPIO4 0 GPIO 3.3 - - 44 JTAG_TRST_N/ GPIO5 1 JTAG_RST_N 3.3 I JTAG reset for debug 0 GPIO 3.3 - - 1 JTAG_ TRST_N 3.3 I JTAG test reset 45 - - - - Ground connection 46 Reset - Module reset I 0 - reset, 1 - run 47 - - - - Ground connection 48 NC - - - - Not connected 49 3.3V - - - PI 3.3V power supply 50 - - - - Ground connection 51 - - - - Ground connection 52 NC - - - - Not connected 53 - - - - Ground connection 54 - - - - Ground connection 55 NC - - - - Not connected 56 - - - - Ground connection 57 3.3V - - - PI 3.3V power supply 58 - - - - Ground connection 59 ETH0_100_LED - - - AO LED output for 100 Base-T activity 60 ETH1_100_LED - - - AO LED output for 100 Base-T activity 61 ETH0_1000_LED - - - AO LED output for 1000 Base-T activity 62 ETH1_1000_LED - - - AO LED output for 1000 Base-T activity 6
Pin Name GPIO function select Configurable function Voltage (V) Type Description 63 ETH0_TRX0+ - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output positive 64 ETH0_TRX0- - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output negative 65 ETH0_TRX1+ - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output positive 66 ETH0_TRX1- - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output negative 67 ETH0_TRX2+ - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output positive 68 ETH0_TRX2- - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output negative 69 ETH0_TRX3+ - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output positive 70 ETH0_TRX3- - - - AI, AO 1000 Base-T output negative PI - Power input IO - digital bi-directional signal O - digital output I - digital input AO - analog output AI - analog input Power supply It is recommended to use pin 23, 36, 49 and 57 to give power supply to the module. Power ratings Parameter Units Min Nominal Max 3.3V power supply V 3.13 3.3 3.46 Digital I/O characteristics for 3.3V I/O Parameter Comments Min Max Units V IH High-level input voltage CMOS/ Schmitt 2 3.6 V V IL Low-level input voltage CMOS/ Schmitt -0.3 0.4 V V SHYS Schmitt hysteresis voltage - mv I IH Input high leakage current 11, 2 No pulldown 1 μa I IL Input low leakage current 1, 2 No pullup -1 μa I IHPD Input high leakage current 1, 3 With pulldown 10 60 μa I ILPU Input low leakage current 2, 3 With pullup -60-10 μa V OH High-level output voltage 4 CMOS, at pin-rated drive strength 3.0 3.6 V V OL Low-level output voltage 4 CMOS, at pin-rated drive strength -0.3 0.4 V I OZH Tri-state leakage current 1 Logic high output, no pulldown 1 μa I OZL Tri-state leakage current 2 Logic low output, no pullup -1 μa I OZHPD Tri-state leakage current 1, 3 Logic high output with pulldown 10 60 μa I OZLPU Tri-state leakage current 2, 3 Logic low output with pullup -60-10 μa C IN Input capacitance 5-5 pf Software OpenWRT linux distribution source code is available on GitHub https://github.com/8devices and is supported by our growing community on http://www.8devices.com/community forum. 7
Summary of I 2 C support High speed mode (3.4 Mbps) is not supported. 10-bit addressing is not supported. Fast mode plus (1 Mbps) is not supported. PCB footprint 46.90 45.45 39.5 5.95 3.45 1.45 31.8 28.9 28.65 4.9 3.15 2.9 2 35 25.5 Cut R3.75 A Detail A R0.6 1.9 1.2 2.9 10.9 16.9 Soldering paste footprint B 1.2 Detail B 1.4 R0.6 R0.74 1.15 2.35 8
Reflow profile recommendation Ramp up rate Maximum time maintained above 217 C 3 C/second max 120 seconds Peak temperature 250 C Maximum time within 5 C of peak temperature Ramp down rate 20 seconds 6 C/second max Reflow profile 250 Temperature, C 200 150 100 50 0 Time Development kit 7 7 1 5 3 1-2 x 1000 Base-T Ethernet ports 2-2 x USB Type-A sockets (2.0 and 3.0) 3 - Mini USB Type-A socket (console + power) 1 8 4 4 - Buttons (reset and user - GPIO connected) 5 - External LEDs 6-2.45 mm pitch prototyping are holes 2 6 7 - Heatsink mounting screws 8 - module 7 9